Hose-protector.



- J. FIGHE.

HOSE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.17, 1913.

Patented Aug. 1l, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

J. FICHE.

HOSE PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED 0011.17, 191s.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

5 m @WM TIIE'NuRRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTULITHU., WASHINGTON. D. L',

UNITED sfrn'rns naaien orion.

JOSEPH PICH, OF STEELTON, ONTR'LO, CANADA.

HOSE-PROTECTOR.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FIGH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Steelton, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hose-Protectors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same..

The invention relates to a new or improved hose protector and the objects of the invention are to provide a device which will enable a car to pass over a track crossed by 'tire hose withoutdamage to the hose and further to provide a device of this character simple in construction and collapsible so that it may be carried on a wagon.

The invention consists essentially of a pair of arched rails adapted to be disposed on top of and in alinement with the street car rails and form a bridge through which the hose passes and over which the car can pass without damage to the hose, said arched rails being coupled together by hinged rods having abutments for correctly positioning i the device on the car lines.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the device showing its application to a car line. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section beneath the heads of the arched rails. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged detail of one of the end connecting rods. Fig. t is an end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is adiagrammatic view showing the device partly folded.

Like numerals of reference indicatev corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 are a pair of arched rails exactly similar in construction, and of a cross sectional shape, preferably corresponding to a street car rail, said arched rails being in the form of a large arc in side view and angularly out at their ends 3, to sit firmly on the street car rail and also recessed at their central portions 4 and 5 forming cavities through which re hose may be passed right across the street car line.

6, 7 and 8 are steel distancing blocks secured beneath each arched rail to support it at the middle portion from the street rail and prevent said rails straightening out when a car casses thereover.

9, 10 and 11 are brackets secured to the web of each arched rail and projecting latspecincation of Letters raient.

Application mee october 17, 1913.

Patented Aue. 11, 19141.

semi no. 795,312.

erally inward, each pair of brackets 9 and 1() being opposite and of different construction and each of the pairs of brackets 11 being opposite and of similar construction.

12, 12 are a pair of stay rods one extending between each pair of brackets 9 and 10 and connected at one end to the bracket 10 by a hinge knuckle 13, whose one end is horizontally pivoted to the bracket 10 at 14 and vertically pivoted to the rod 12 at 15. The other end of each rod 12 is adapted to make clutch ccnnection with a bracket 9 and for this purpose, each bracket 9 has a T- shaped vertical slot 16 leading from its inner end, and the rod 12 is provided with a correspoi'iding T-shaped extremity 17' adapted to nicely tit said slot 16, the outer edge of said rod 17 also having the angular notch 18.

19 is a locking dog having a beveled forward edge 2O adapted. to engage the notch 18 and slidably arranged in a recess 21 within each bracket 9 and operable by the pins which extend laterally in opposite directions through guiding slots 23 in the side edges of the bracket;

Each hinge knuckle 13 is provided with an integral depending foot 24. extending from its outer end and having an offset end 25. 1t is to be understood that both pairs of brackets 9 and 10 and rods 12 are construct.- ed and connected in the saine manner except that they operate in the reverse way, that is to say, the hinged 'ends are on opposite sides.

26 and 27 are two pairs of distance rods each pair spanning the distan-ce between each pair of brackets 11 and coupled to each other at the middle of the rails by the hinges 28 and to the brackets 11 by the hinges 29 and 30.

1n the use of the device, the arched rails are separated from the folded position shown in Fig. 5 by simply pulling them apart, the correct distance apart being regulated by the rods 26 and 27 being straightened out as shown in Fig. 2. The arched rails are now placed on top of the street car rails with the crossing hose passing through the recess e or 5. Next, the stay rods 12 are swung upwardly on their hinges 14: and laterally on their pivots 15, then the ends 17 are dropped into the sots 16 and locked there by sliding forward the dogs 19 until their beveled ends engage the notches 18. In bringing down a rod 12 to put the head 17 into engagement with the T-slot 1G, the foot 18 is swung outwardly and its offset end Q5 brought into abutment with the head of the street car rail as clearly shown in Fio'. 4 at 31, thus preif'enting the arched rails sliding oft' the street car rails.

The device according to the invention is l very cheap to produce, can be very quickly applied and will be found to be of great service in preventing the stoppage of tramway traiiic, because ol fire hose across the line.

i wish it to be understood that I may modify the details of the invention herein shown and described to a certain extent, if found desirable, so long as I do not depart from the invention as claimed in the following claims for novelty.

that I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a pair of arched rails forming bridges under which a hose may pass and adapted to be positioned on top ofthe ordinary railway rails, foldable distancing rods coupling said arched rails and stay rods coupling said rails adjacent to their ends, each of said stay rods having a universal joint to an arched rail at one end and clutch means of engagement with the other arched rail at the opposite end.

2. 1n a device of the class described, a pair of arched rails forming hose bridges and adapted to be positioned on the ordinary railway rails, stay rods coupling said arched rails, means for hinging each of said stay rods to an arched rail at one end to permit of horizontal and vertical swinging of said rods, a T-socket carried by the other arched rail for engagement by a T-head of the other end of each of said stay rods and a sliding bolt carried by each of said T-sockets for engagement with said T-head for locking purposes.

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of arched rails adapted to be positioned in alinement with the railway rails and forming bridges under which a hose can pass, supporting blocks rigidly secured to the underside of said arched rails near their middle portions, brackets extending laterally inward of said arched rails, a pair of rods eX- tending between each pair of said brackets and hinged together and at their ends hinged to said brackets, asecond pair of brackets oppositely disposed, one on each of said arched rails and extending inwardly, a. stay rod between said second pair of brackets, a hinge knuckle vertically pivoted to one end lof said stay rod and horizontally pivoted to' one of said second pair of brackets, clutch means for locking the other end of said stay rod to the other of said `second pair'of brackets and an abutment foot depending from the outer end of said hinge knuckle and adapted to abut a railway rail when said stay rod is in its locked position.l

Signed at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, this 30th day of June 1913.

JOSEPH FICHE. Vitnesses:

RHEA KAUPP,

GEO. W. SHo'r'rs.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for ve cents each, by addressing thev Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. C. 

